Lavatory.



T. A. LEGGE.

LAVATORY.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 17, 1913.

Patented July 15, 1913.

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THOMAS A. LEGGE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO TI-I ADAMS & WES'ILAKE COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION 0F ILLINOIS.

LAVATORY.

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To @ZZ whom t may concern Be it known that l, THOMAS A. Lusen, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Chicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lavatories, of which the following is a specification, and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

The invention relates to lavatories and more particularly to those in which the bowl or basin is constructed to be turned against the wall when not in use.

The object of the invention is to provide a lavatory of the type described which shall be of simple and efficient construction, and the invention more particularly contemplates a lavatory provided with improved means for holdingthe bowl in both the folded and service positions.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation showing a form of lavatory embodying the features of improvement provided by the invention and some of the parts being broken away. F ig. 2 is a side elevation of the same partly in section, the service position of the bowl being indicated by dotted lines, and Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view showing a form of connecting link which may be used upon the device.

A fixed wall plate is indicated in the drawings at 10. This plate may be of any convenient form but is preferably constructed to support a waste receiver ll upon its front face and to serve as an abutment for the rim of the bowl .12 when the latter is folded to an upright position above the waste receiver. The waste receiver 11 is shown as taking the form of a hopper having a drain 13 at its lower end.

The bowl 12 is conveniently connected to the front wall of the waste receiver as by hinges 1A and 15. Preferably the hinges 141-, 15 are secured against the under side of the bowl a short distance in advance of its rear edge. This location of the hinges provides that a portion of the bowl may project over the waste receiver at all times. When so arranged an opening 16 is preferably provided in the wall of the bowl adjacent its rim and in rear of the hinge line. This opening serves both as an overflow when the bowl is in service and as a discharge opening for the contents of the bowl ISpecification of Letters Patent.

Application led May 17, 1913.

'lating the bowl.

Patented July 15, 1913.

Serial No. 768,367.

into the waste receiver when the bowl is folded to the upright position. A handle, 17, will usually be provided for manipu- As shown, this is secured against the front wall of the bowl adjacent its rim.

In carrying out the invention a pair of elastically extensible links, 18, are provided, one being located at each side of the bowl. As shown, each of these links is composed of telescopically connected sections 19 and 20. The section 19 of each link conveniently takes the form of a rod and has one end pivotally attached to the bowl, 12. For this purpose a bracket, 21, is secured against the under side of the rim of the bowl. The section 2O of each link 18 is made tubular for receiving an end portion of the section, 19. This section of each link is most desirably provided with a head, 22, the same being fixedly applied by the use of a screw threaded shank 23 which enters the end of the section. Section 20 of each link is pivotally attached to the wall plate 10 below the level of the bowl. As shown a bracket lug 24: is mounted upon the wall plate 10, at each side of the waste receiver 11, and is pivotally united with the head portion 22 of the section 20 of the corresponding link.

A spring 25 is housed within the tubular section 20 of each of the links 1S for controlling the relative telescopic movement of the sections. The section 2O is shown as being of reduced diameter adjacent one end to provide an abutment shoulder 2G, for the corresponding end of the spring. The other end of each spring reacts against an abutment shoulder formed upon the section 19 of the corresponding link. This latter abutment shoulder is conveniently provided by the use of a washer 27, mounted upon the part 19 adjacent its outer end and held against displacement thereon by means of a pin 2S set through the section beyond the washer.

Preferably the parts are so proportioned that the inner end of the threaded shank 23 of the head 22 of the section 20 of each link serves as a stop for engagement by the end of the section 19 of the corresponding link when the bowl 12 is in the horizontal position of service indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2. The links thereby serve as braces for supporting the bowl in the horizontal.

in the said. upright position. If desired, a`

faucet 29 may be provided for lilling the bowl. As shown, this faucet is so located as to be covered by the bowll when the latter isv folded to the upright position. For this purpose it is mounted upon the part of the wall plate l() whichv is above the waste receiver 1l, and is so jointed as to be capable of being folded against the wall; plate when not in use and tobe extended to a position. over the bowl; when the latter is to be filled. In this respect the faucet is of a well known form of constructiointhe flexing of its oints serving tooperate avalve for controlling the water supply.

I claim as my invention- 1. Ina lavatoryin combination, a waste receiver, a bowl hingedly connected to the front edge of the waste receiver and movable between a horizontal position in front of the waste receiver and avert-ical posi'- tion above the waste receiver andan elastic link having its ends respectively connected to a side of the bowl and a side of the waste receiver. Y

L. In a lavatory, in combination, al basin hingedly connected to a fixed support, andA an elastic link connected to the basin and to the support at points separated from the hinge and movable across the line of the hinger during the turning of the basin.

3. In a` lavatory, in combination, a waste receiver, a bowl having a discharge opening in its rear wall, a hinge connecting the front edge of the waste receiver and the under side of the bowl and an elastic link having its ends respectively connected to a side ot the bowl beyond the saidV hinge from the waste receiver and to a side of the waste receiver below the said hinge.

4. In a lavatory, in` combination, a wall plate, a waste receiver mountedy on the wall plate and projecting in front of the same, av

basin hinged to a projecting part of the waste receiver for movement between a horizontal position in front of the waste. receiver and an upright position above the waste receiver, the rim of the basin contacting with the wall plate in the lasthmentioned position and an elastically extensible link connecting the wall plate and basin, the said link acting as a brace to support the basin in its'said horizontal position and being moved across the line of the hinge during the raising of the basin.

5. In a lavatory, in combination, a waste receiver, a bowl having a discharge opening in its rear wall, a hingeconnecting the front edge of the waste receiver and the underside of the bowl, and an eXtensible link connect ed at one end to the bowl at a point beyond the said hinge from` the waste receiver and 75 at the other end to the waste receiver at a point below the hinge, said link serving as a brace to support the bowl when contracted.

6. In a lavatory, in` combination, a waste receiver, a bowl having a. discharge opening in its rear wall, a. hinge connecting the front edge of the waste receiver and the underside .of the bowl, and an elastically extensible link connected at one end to the bowl at a pointbeyond the said hinge from the waste receiver and at the other end tothe waste receiver at a point` below the hinge, said link serving as a brace to support` the bowl when contracted, and-being moved across the line of the said hinge during the raising of the bowl.

7. In a lavatory, in combination, a wall plate, a waste receiver mounted thereon and projecting in frontL of the same, a bowl,` a hinge connecting the rear edge off the bowl 95 and the front edge of the waste receiver, and an elastically extensible link connected; at `one end to the bowl at a point beyond the said hinge from the waste receiver and at the other end to the waste receiver at a point below the hinge, said link being so proportioned in length when contracted` as to serve as a brace for supporting the bowl in position for use and being moved across the line of the ysaid hinge during the raising of' the bowl to elastically hold the bowl against the wall plate.

THOMAS A. LEGGE.

Witnesses:

CHARLES B. GILLsoN, Louis K. GILLsoN.

Copies-ofA this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

